泥巴

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
trad. (泥巴)		泥	巴
simp. ^#(泥巴)		泥	巴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): níba, níbā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi² ba¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ baa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-pa
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi² ba¹

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): ni² ba

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níba
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níbå
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-pa⁵
  - Yale: ní-ba
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni.ba
  - Palladius: ниба (niba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ b̥ä³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níba
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-pa¹
  - Yale: ní-bā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niba
  - Palladius: ниба (niba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi² ba¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niba
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹ pa⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nai⁴ baa¹
  - Yale: nàih bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ paː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-pa
  - Tâi-lô: nî-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'paf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyi² ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi¹³ pa̠³³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: ni² ba
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi¹¹ pä³/

Noun

泥巴

(regional, colloquial) mud; mire
我的鞋子沾到泥巴了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Wǒ de xiézi zhān dào níbā le. [Pinyin]
My shoes are stained with mud.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泥 (“mud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		塗, 泥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		泥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	泥, 泥巴, 泥巴兒
	Taiwan	泥巴
	Chifeng	泥, 泥巴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	泥
	Harbin	泥, 泥巴
	Shenyang	泥
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	泥
	Tangshan	泥
	Baoding	泥, 泥巴
	Shijiazhuang	泥
	Jinan	泥巴, 泥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	泥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	泥
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	泥巴
	Wanrong	泥
	Zhengzhou	泥
	Xi'an	泥
	Xining	泥
	Xuzhou	泥
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	泥, 泥巴
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	泥巴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	泥巴
	Chongqing	泥巴
	Wuhan	泥巴
	Guiyang	泥巴
	Kunming	泥, 泥巴
	Guilin	泥巴
	Liuzhou	泥, 泥巴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	泥, 泥巴
	Yangzhou	泥, 泥巴, 爛泥
	Nantong	泥, 爛泥
	Hefei	泥巴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	泥
	Hong Kong	泥
	Dongguan	泥
	Yangjiang	泥
Gan	Nanchang	泥巴
	Lichuan	泥
	Jianning	泥
	Taining	泥
Hakka	Meixian	泥
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	泥
	Changting	泥
	Shanghang	泥
	Longyan (Yongding)	泥
	Wuping	泥
	Liancheng	泥
	Ninghua	泥
	Qingliu	泥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	泥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	泥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	泥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	泥沙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	泥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泥
Huizhou	Jixi	泥, 糊泥
Jin	Taiyuan	泥
	Xinzhou	泥
	Linhe	泥
	Jining	泥
	Hohhot	泥
	Zhangjiakou	泥
	Handan	泥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泥
	Songxi	泥
	Zhenghe	泥
	Jianyang	泥
	Wuyishan	泥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塗
	Fuzhou (Changle)	塗
	Lianjiang	塗
	Fuqing	塗
	Pingtan	塗
	Yongtai	塗
	Minqing	塗
	Gutian	塗
	Pingnan	塗
	Luoyuan	塗
	Fu'an	塗
	Ningde	塗
	Xiapu	塗
	Zherong	塗
	Shouning	塗
	Zhouning	塗
	Fuding	塗
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	塗
	Quanzhou	塗
	Jinjiang	塗
	Nan'an	塗
	Shishi	塗
	Hui'an	塗
	Anxi	塗
	Yongchun	塗
	Dehua	塗
	Zhangzhou	塗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	塗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	塗
	Hua'an	塗
	Nanjing	塗
	Pinghe	塗
	Zhangpu	塗
	Yunxiao	塗
	Zhao'an	塗
	Dongshan	塗
	Taipei	塗 GT
	Kinmen	塗
	Longyan	塗
	Zhangping	塗
	Datian	塗
	Chaozhou	塗
	Shantou	塗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	塗
	Jieyang	塗
	Haifeng	塗
	Leizhou	塗
	Haikou	塗
Puxian Min	Putian	塗
Puxian Min	Xianyou	塗
Central Min	Yong'an	泥
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	泥
	Sanming (Shaxian)	泥
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	泥
	Guangze	泥
	Jiangle	泥
	Mingxi	泥
	Shunchang	泥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	泥
Wu	Shanghai	爛泥, 爛糊泥
	Suzhou	爛泥, 爛污泥
	Danyang	泥, 爛泥
	Hangzhou	泥巴, 爛污泥, 爛泥
	Ningbo	爛污泥, 淖泥, 爛泥
	Wenzhou	爛污泥, 爛污泥兒, 爛泥, 泥
	Jinhua	泥, 糊泥
	Pucheng	泥
Xiang	Changsha	泥巴
	Loudi	泥巴
	Shuangfeng	泥巴
	Hengyang	泥巴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 土 (“earth; soil (dry)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		土
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		土
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	土
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	土
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	土, 土拉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	泥巴
	Wuhan	泥巴
	Guiyang	泥巴
	Guilin	土
	Liuzhou	泥, 泥巴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	泥, 爛泥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	土
Cantonese	Guangzhou	泥
	Hong Kong	泥
	Dongguan	泥
	Yangjiang	泥
	Beihai	泥
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	土
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	土
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	土, 泥
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	泥
	Móng Cái	土, 泥
Gan	Nanchang	泥巴, 土
Hakka	Meixian	泥
	Xingning	泥
	Huidong (Daling)	泥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	泥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	泥
	Changting	泥
	Wuping	泥
	Wuping (Pingyu)	泥
	Liancheng	泥
	Ruijin	泥, 那泥
	Shicheng	泥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	泥
Huizhou	Jixi	糊泥
Jin	Taiyuan	土
Jin	Xinzhou	土
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泥
	Songxi	泥
	Zhenghe	泥
	Jianyang	泥
	Wuyishan	泥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塗
	Fuzhou (Changle)	塗
	Lianjiang	塗
	Fuqing	塗
	Pingtan	塗
	Yongtai	塗
	Minqing	塗
	Gutian	塗
	Pingnan	塗
	Luoyuan	塗
	Fu'an	塗
	Ningde	塗
	Xiapu	塗
	Zherong	塗
	Shouning	塗
	Zhouning	塗
	Fuding	塗
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	塗
	Quanzhou	塗
	Jinjiang	塗
	Nan'an	塗
	Shishi	塗
	Hui'an	塗
	Anxi	塗
	Yongchun	塗
	Dehua	塗
	Zhangzhou	塗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	塗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	塗
	Hua'an	塗
	Nanjing	塗
	Pinghe	塗
	Zhangpu	塗
	Yunxiao	塗
	Zhao'an	塗
	Dongshan	塗
	Kinmen	塗
	Manila (Hokkien)	塗
	Longyan	塗
	Zhangping	塗
	Datian	塗
	Chaozhou	塗
	Shantou	塗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	塗
	Jieyang	塗
	Leizhou	塗
	Wenchang	塗
	Haikou	塗
Puxian Min	Putian	塗
Puxian Min	Xianyou	塗
Central Min	Yong'an	泥
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	泥
	Sanming (Shaxian)	泥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	泥
Wu	Shanghai	爛泥, 爛糊泥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	爛泥
	Suzhou	爛泥, 硬爛泥
	Danyang	爛泥
	Hangzhou	爛污泥
	Ningbo	淖泥, 爛泥
	Wenzhou	爛污泥, 爛污泥兒, 爛泥, 泥
	Jinhua	糊泥, 泥
Xiang	Changsha	泥巴
	Xiangxiang	土
	Shuangfeng	土

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